Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also contrived

Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and contrived movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and contrived, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Outfit (2022)

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

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2022-03-03 | Crime

Cast

Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch

Rating

rating icon 7.131
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    well-knitted
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stagey acting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    directing with craftmanship

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2 The Owners (2020)

A group of friends think they found the perfect easy score - an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early, the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, the would-be thieves must fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined.

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2020-08-27 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy

Rating

rating icon 5.753
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    followable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    uncreative story
  3. Ranked #2 for
    sudden twist

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3 Downton Abbey (2019)

The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.

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2019-09-12 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    silver screen
  2. Ranked #1 for
    grand
  3. Ranked #1 for
    revisiting

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4 I Came By (2022)

A rebellious young graffiti artist, who targets the homes of the wealthy elite, discovers a shocking secret that leads him on a journey endangering himself and those closest to him.

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2022-08-19 | Thriller

Cast

George MacKay, Percelle Ascott

Rating

rating icon 6.319
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    menacing villain
  2. Ranked #3 for
    barely coherent
  3. Ranked #3 for
    thin writing

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5 Only the Animals (2019)

Following the disappearance of the glamorous and secretive Evelyne Ducat during a blizzard in the highlands of southern France, the lives of five people inextricably linked to Evelyne are brought together to devastating effect as the local police investigate the case.

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2019-12-04 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Denis Ménochet, Laure Calamy

Rating

rating icon 6.66
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    utterly absorbing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    gradual beginning
  3. Ranked #1 for
    interconnected story

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6 Summerland (2020)

A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.

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2020-07-24 | Drama / War

Cast

Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Rating

rating icon 7.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    wholesome
  2. Ranked #1 for
    beautifully put together
  3. Ranked #1 for
    prettiest actress

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7 A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)

The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local Mr. Big, she's forced into taking drastic action to protect her children, evolving from downtrodden submissive to take-charge vigilante.

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2019-10-25 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    serious approach
  2. Ranked #1 for
    different approach
  3. Ranked #2 for
    vivid character

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8 Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)

Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

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2020-10-15 | Thriller

Cast

Judi Dench, James D'Arcy

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    thin on ground
  2. Ranked #1 for
    flimsy
  3. Ranked #1 for
    close call

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9 Alone (2020)

A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.

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2020-09-10 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    on edge of seat
  2. Ranked #2 for
    suspenseful
  3. Ranked #2 for
    incredibly tense atmosphere

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10 The Invisible Man (2020)

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

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2020-02-26 | Thriller / Science Fiction

Cast

Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge

Rating

rating icon 7.139
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    futuristic society
  2. Ranked #2 for
    psychologically thrilling
  3. Ranked #3 for
    with WTF moments

Trailer

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